Acylated diols



Patented Dec. 28, 1937 ACYLATED DIOLS William A. Lott, Newark, N. J., assignor to E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York No Drawing. Application October '7, 1933, Serial No. 692,622

'1 Claims. (Cl. 260-103) This invention relates to, and has for its object 05H! the provision of acylated diols of the general D OIH:OCH4OOOCH,CHN formula B R iHl xocrm m H03 5 RII OsHs

Y can 10 wherein X represents an aryl acyl or a substi- IHOQ tuted-aryl acyl, R represents hydrogen or an 9 alkyl, R represents hydrogen, an alkyl, or an c|H| aralkyl, R" represents hydrogen, an alkyl, or an /CH| aralkyl, or R and R." jointly represent an al- C H COOCH GEN 15 kylene, Q represents hydrogen or an alkyl, and s 5 I Y represents an aryl or a substituted aryl; and

the hydrochlorides thereof; especially where X HOH stands for CcHsNI-ICO or 0611500 or 5 mmon=ooo 01m 20 CIHENHCOOCHICHN wherein Z represents hydrogen or an alkyl. 2 Among the many acylated diols within the KOCH, purview of the invention are those having the H following formulas, and their hydrochlorides: can

CIHB V 'O4HIOOQH4COOOHlCHN CIHICOOCHiOHN 0,11

01115 HOH 30 HOH Hz CH| -0 H|0c.H4NH0o00n,oHN olrmmoooomon 01H: 35

CzHs HOE Q HOH H;

C H! H! mm 40 o m 40 odnoooom N -canclmNno 0 0 CHICHN mm IHOH H. 45

COBB /OIHI 01H; omo-Qo11=coooomonn C.H|CH=CC00CH:CHN/ i 02H] OHzO 1'55 C1H| HOE 5o HOH n l (wherein Z represents hydrogen or an alkyl) (32H; CHgCH: :fs cancn=cHoooomoHN mmoooomcnn on.

I 01H: v CHECK] Hon non C|H| HI om011. Examples of preparation G-ENHOOOOEGHN 1. l-phenyl 2-diethylamino 1,3 propanediol onion, monobenzoate hydrochloride, I 5 HOB film i 5 .11, OO JCOOOKsUHN not cunooocmcnn non 1o CIHI H.

A. 33 g. oi cinnamyl benzoate are dissolved in 150 cc. oi! alcohol-tree water-saturated ether, a mixture of 23 g. of yellow mercury oxide and 39 g, of iodine is added in small portions, and l V 0911, the reaction mixture is slightly warmed and ex posed to direct sunlight. Uponcompleteconfn, sumption of the iodine, the mixture ct mercury oxide and mercuric iodide is removed by filtration; and the ether solution is washed with a CsHiNHCOOCHaGHN 10% solution oi potassium iodide to which a 20 small amount of sodium bisulflte has been added, then with a 10% solution of sodium carbonate. and finally with water. The .ether solution is dried with sodium sulfate and evaporated almost to dryness, and the residue (l-phenyl 2-iodo 1,3- propanediol monobenzoate), being in that condition unstable, is immediately dissolved in 100 cc. oi absolute alcohol. To 'the solution 20 g. of diethylamine are added; the mixturev is kept /C;H| at room temperature in a closed container for thirty days and is then diluted with water to. C'H'CH'CCOOCH'CHN dissolve the excess diethylamine and its hydroiodide. The solution is extracted with ether, HOE and the extract (which contains the tree base of l-phenyl Z-diethylamino 1,3-propanediol monobenzoate, a little diethylamine, and some nonbasic material) is now thoroughly dried with 00m anhydrous sodium sulfate and anhydrous potassium carbonate in succession. A very small 40 40 0H: amount of alcoholic hydrogen chloride is added cm to remove the diethylamine as the hydrochloride. Addition of a larger quantity oi alcoholic hydrogen chloride causes the l-phenyl 2-diethylcan amino 1,3-propanediol monobenzoate hydrochlo- HOH ride to separate as an impure crystalline mass,

which is removed before the addition 01 enough alcoholic hydrogen chloride to eilfect complete precipitation. Two recrystalllzations from ace- 0 tone yield about-6 g. of the compound sought, 50 L which is in the form of readily water-soluble 50 HOB OCH!

white crystals having a melting point of 186-188.5 C. HI B. A solution of 1 g. of 1-pheny1'2-diethylomimioooomonn amino 1,3-propanechol in 10 cc. of anhydrous benzol is refluxed 2 hours with 0.7 g. of benzoyl chloride. Evaporation of the benzol and crystallization from acetone leaves about 0.5 g. 01' the compound sought, as water-soluble white crystals melting at about 176-178 C. 2. 1-phenyl- 2-diethylamino 1,3-p'ropanediol o monocarbanilate hydrochloride, (|;H, /O|H's elm 1G|H|NHO00CH1GHN\ .H01

HOH

UsHlOH=O OOOOH|GHN CRHI I i OH; HOH

HOE

A solution of 20 g. of phenyl isocyanate in '75 cc.

of dry benzol is added to a solution 01 22 g. of

cinnamyl alcohol in 75 cc. 01' dry benzol and the 0 mixture is refluxed 5 hours. Cu concentration, A crystallization of the product occurs; and it is 75 recrystallized twice from absolute alcohol. There 75 is obtained about 33 g. of cinnamyl phenyl urethane having a melting point of 92-93 C. 23 g. of the cinnamyl phenyl urethane are dissolved in cc. of alcohol-free water-saturated ether; and, warmth and direct sunlight being provided, a mixture of 15 g. of powdered yellow mercury oxide and 28 g. of powdered iodine is added in small portions, each after discoloration of the iodine previously introduced. The ether solution is filtered and washed successively with 10% potassium iodide containing a small amount of sodium bisulflte, with sodium carbonate, and with water. After drying with sodium sulfate, the ether is evaporated ofi and the l-phenyl 2-iodo 1,3-propanediol monocarbanilate are dissolved in cc. of benzol. To the solution 25 g. of diethylamine are added, the mixtureis kept at room temperature for two weeks and then extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid; the acidulated aqueous solution is alkalinizecl and extracted with ether; the free bases of the compound sought and of the diethylamine are eva cuated several days to remove any diethylamin'e; and the thus-purified free base of the compound sought is dissolved in anhydrous ether and precipitated as the hydrochloride by the addition of anhydrous hydrogen chloride, an excess thereof being carefully avoided. The compound sought separates as a white powder that soon coalesces into a sticky mass, which on being heated at C. for several hours and cooled can be ground into a water-soluble light-brown solid having no sharp melting point.

3. l-phenyl 2-diethylamino 1,3-propanediol monoalphaethylcinnamate hydrochloride,

CcHsCH=C C OOCHrCHN can,

(IJHOH A solution of 4.4 g. (1.1 equivalents) of alphaethylcinnamyl chloride in 25 cc. of anhydrous ether is added to a solution of 4.6 g. of l-phenyl 2-diethylamino 1,3-propanediol in 35 cc. of anhydrous ether and the mixture is refluxed 6 hours. On cooling overnight, the product crystallizes out. Recrystallization from a mixture of 1 part of absolute alcohol with 2 parts of absolute ether, yields about 3 g. of a product melting at 134-136 C. Further recrystallization from the same medium gives about 1 g. of the compound sought, as water-soluble white crystals having a melting point of 149-150 C.

4. 1-phenyl Z-diethylamino 1,3-propanediol mono-p-ethoxybenzoate hydrochloride,

C2Hs

CHOH JeHs A solution of 5.5 g. of l-phenyl 2-diethylamino Fi -011150 CtHJ C O OCHzCHN 1,3-propanediol (boiling at 175-190/13 mm.) is

5. l-phenyl 2-dimethylamino 1,3-propanediol monobenzoate hydrochloride,

-HCl

HOE

uHs

A solution of 2.71 g. of benzoyl chloride in 60 cc. of anhydrous ether is added to a solution of 3.9 g. of l-phenyl Z-dimethylamino 1,3-propanediol OIHIOOOCHIOHN in 25 cc. of anhydrous ether. and the mixture is refluxed for four hours; the compound sought separates in fine white crystals which, after recrystallization from acetone containing a small amount of alcohol, melt at 188192 C'.

6. l-phenyl l-methoxy 2-diethylamino 3-propanol carbanilate hydrochloride,

CoHiNHCOOCHiCHN -HCI CiHs CHOCH:

7. l-phenyl 2-ethylamylamino 1,3-propanediol v monobenzoate hydrochloride,

CHOH

Process A of Example 1 may be followed precisely, except that 30 g. of ethylamylamine are added instead of 20 g. of diethylamine, and yields the compound sought, in the form of white crystals.

8. l-phenyl 2-amino 1,3-propanediol monobenzoate CoHsC O OCHCHN H CIHBOOOCHSOHN/ HOH uHs 25 g. of cinnamyl benzoate are dissolved in 220 cc. of alcohol-free water-saturated ether in a 500- cc. 3-neck round-bottom flask fitted with a reflux condenser, a dropping funnel, and a mercury-sealed agitator. 23 g. of yellow mercury oxide are added, and then 18.5 g. of bromine dropwise during 45 minutes. Agitation is continued for 15 minutes thereafter and the solution is flltered. The filtrate is washed with cc. of a 20% potassium iodide solution containing 1.5 g. of sodium bisulflte, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Most of the ether is removed by distillation, 25 cc. of absolute alcohol are added, and the remaining ether is distilled off. The a]- cohol solution being cooled, 7.2 g. of ammonia iii dissolved in absolute alcohol are added, and the mixture is heated in a sealed tube at 100 C. for 6 hours, during which a precipitate progressively forms. The reaction mixture is cooled, filtered, and evaporated to remove almost all the alcohol. On filtration and cooling of the residue, the compound sought crystallizes out, and, after recrystallization, is obtained in the form of fine white crystals melting at about 161-163 C.

Acylated diols of this invention have given evidence of great value as anesthetics, being characterized by suitable hydrion concentration, high activity, and comparative non-irritancy and nondestructiveness to tissue.

It is to be understood that the. foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative and by no means limitative of the invention, which may assume various other forms-as with respect to the particular acylated diols and the reactants and procedures employedwithin the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Compounds of the group having the general formula R l XCOOCHICN cnoo wherein X represents one of the radicals phenyl, alkoxy-phenyl, s-phenyl-vinyl, ar-alkyls-phenylvinyl, u-alkyl p-dialkoxy-phenyl-vinyl, phenylamino, and alkoxy-phenyl-amino; R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedioxy-benzene aryl.

2. Acylated diols of the general formula R I CGH5NHCOOCH2ON/ a CIJHOQ Y wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl,"

and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedloxybenzene aryl.

3. Acylated diols of the general formula R /R' C|H5COOCHJJN 'noo Y wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R. is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedioxybenzene aryl.

4. Acylated diols of the general formula R R CIJHICH coooornn HOQ i wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl,

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No 2,105 266 December 28, 1957.

WILLIAM A. LOTT.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, lines 26 to 52 inclusive, at the beginning of the formula, before insert the letter p; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of September, A. D. 1958.

(Seal) Henry Van Arsdale Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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dissolved in absolute alcohol are added, and the mixture is heated in a sealed tube at 100 C. for 6 hours, during which a precipitate progressively forms. The reaction mixture is cooled, filtered, and evaporated to remove almost all the alcohol. On filtration and cooling of the residue, the compound sought crystallizes out, and, after recrystallization, is obtained in the form of fine white crystals melting at about 161-163 C.

Acylated diols of this invention have given evidence of great value as anesthetics, being characterized by suitable hydrion concentration, high activity, and comparative non-irritancy and nondestructiveness to tissue.

It is to be understood that the. foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative and by no means limitative of the invention, which may assume various other forms-as with respect to the particular acylated diols and the reactants and procedures employedwithin the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Compounds of the group having the general formula R l XCOOCHICN cnoo wherein X represents one of the radicals phenyl, alkoxy-phenyl, s-phenyl-vinyl, ar-alkyls-phenylvinyl, u-alkyl p-dialkoxy-phenyl-vinyl, phenylamino, and alkoxy-phenyl-amino; R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedioxy-benzene aryl.

2. Acylated diols of the general formula R I CGH5NHCOOCH2ON/ a CIJHOQ Y wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl,"

and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedloxybenzene aryl.

3. Acylated diols of the general formula R /R' C|H5COOCHJJN 'noo Y wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R. is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and (b) R and R" jointly are alkylene; Q represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; Y represents one of the radicals benzene aryl and dialkoxyand alkylenedioxybenzene aryl.

4. Acylated diols of the general formula R R CIJHICH coooornn HOQ i wherein R represents one of the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R and R" represent one of the possibilities (a) R is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aralkyl, and R" is one of the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl,

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No 2,105 266 December 28, 1957.

WILLIAM A. LOTT.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, lines 26 to 52 inclusive, at the beginning of the formula, before insert the letter p; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of September, A. D. 1958.

(Seal) Henry Van Arsdale Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

